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BUDAPEST — Australia's Mollie O'Callaghan won the women's 100m freestyle gold medal, and Americans Lilly King and Ryan Murphy won the women's 200m breaststroke and men's 200m backstroke at the World Swimming Championships on Thursday. ..
O'Callahan was third in the final 50, but jumped to the top in the last few meters, defeating Sweden's favorite and world record holder Sarah Sjoström, who won the silver medal, and Torihasuke of the United States. Was in 3rd place.
The Australian won the gold medal in 52.67 seconds, 0.13 seconds ahead of Sjoström, but Hasuke was only 1/4 second behind.
"I'm so excited, I really don't know what to say. I didn't expect it at all. I'm racing with a great girl here "Masu," said O'Callahan after winning her first personal gold at the World Championships.
O'Callahan set her fastest time in the semi-finals and scored a spot in Lane 4. She wasn't upset in the final stretch on both sides of the 100m butterfly champions Sjoström and Haske. The
field withdrew from the championship after defending champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Manuel failed and O'Callahan's compatriot Simone Jack broke his hand during a training session. It was opened wide by what I did.
After missing the podium in the 100m breaststroke, King won her first world title in the 200m breaststroke at 2: 22.41 hours.
King led in the 50m mark, she retreated to 5th place by the final turn, but she saved enough due to her strong final length. ..
Australia's Jenna Strauch won the silver medal and America's Kate Douglas won the bronze medal.
The absence of Russian Olympic champion Evgeny Rylov opened the men's 200m backstroke field, which was fully utilized by Tokyo Olympic silver medalist Murphy.
Murphy never won an individual gold medal at the World Championships, but she won the 2016 Rio Olympics with both 100-meter and 200-meter backstrokes.
(Report by Rohis Nea of Bengaluru, edited by Toby Davis)
